WEBCAST: 5/2 @ 2PM ET
Becoming an Employer of Choice in the New World of Work
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As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, the world of work has changed forever. Employees across the nation, including in higher education, continue to reconsider their job and career choices. Moreover, unprecedented demographic changes have made focusing on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging not just the right thing to do, but a business imperative.
According to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, “Returning to ‘business as usual’ is not the strategy that will help recruit, retain, and engage talented colleagues … we must be willing to rethink and redefine our recruitment and retention efforts.”
This webinar, featuring the former Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of HR for the University of Wisconsin, will address how universities and colleges can respond to this challenge by becoming employers of choice. Highlighting current research, including from both the UKG Workforce Institute and Great Place to Work Institute, the session will focus specifically on:
- The characteristics of the new world of work, including the demand by employees for workplace flexibility and greater voice.
- National demographic trends that are driving the business imperative to focus on DEI & B.
- Today’s intense competition to attract and retain talent in higher education.
- What it means to be an employer of choice.
- The business case for why an engaged workforce is the key to attracting and retaining a stable, high-performing, diverse and inclusive workforce.
- How to build engagement by creating a positive employee experience.
- How and why institutions can – and must – use data to evaluate the health of the workforce.
This webinar will equip attendees with actionable information and tools to enable them to succeed in the search to attract and retain talent.
Speakers Include:
Robert J. Lavigna
Senior Fellow – Public Sector
Bio
He previously was Director of the Institute for Public Sector Employee Engagement, where he worked with organizations across the nation to measure and improve engagement as a key to maximizing organizational performance. He is the author of Engaging Government Employees: Motivate and Inspire Your People to Achieve Superior Performance (Harper Collins Publishing).
Before leading the Institute, he was Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of HR for the main campus of the University of Wisconsin, where he directed campus-wide HR policies and programs. Bob was also an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs.
He also previously served as Vice President - Research for the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. He directed research projects, including “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government,” that found new ways to attract, develop and retain talent.
Bob also served as Director of the state of Wisconsin civil service system. Appointed by the Governor and unanimously confirmed and twice re-confirmed by the State Senate, he is the longest-serving merit system director in Wisconsin history.
He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, was selected as a “Public Official of the Year” by Governing magazine and has received the highest leadership awards from the Public Sector Human Resources Association (PSHRA) and the American Society for Public Administration Section on Personnel and Labor Relations (SPALR).
Bob has a B.A. in Public Affairs from George Washington University and an M.S. in Human Resources Management from Cornell University.
Moderator – Kevin Hogan
eCampus News, Content Director